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Posted 07 Jul 2025

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Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Prime Minister paid tribute to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 125th birth anniversary.

About Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (1901 - 1953)

  • Born in Calcutta 
  • He became the youngest Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta

Contributions

  • In 1940, he became the acting President of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha
  • Elected to the Constituent Assembly.
  • Joined the interim government under Jawaharlal Nehru as Minister for Industry and Supply.
    • He laid the foundation for India's industrial growth by establishing institutions like the Chittaranjan Locomotive Factory, etc. 
    • He was given the title ‘The lion of Parliament’.
  • Founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951)

Key literary work: Autobiographical Leaves from a Diary, A Phase of the Indian Struggle, etc. 

Values: Leadership, empathy, social harmony, nationalism, cultural distinctiveness etc.

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